Abhijit Pohankar was born June 29, 1975 in Mumbai, India. He bridges Indian classical music with chillout lounge electronic grooves, building a remarkably cross-generational and…
Artist Profiles: Abhijit Pohankar
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Artist Profiles: Abdullah Chhadeh
Abdullah Chhadeh is one of the Arab world’s most innovative qanun players. He has re-designed the traditional oriental instrument by the addition of an octave,…
Artist Profiles: Abdeljalil Kodssi
In 1980 Abdeljalil Kodssi recorded his first album with the group Mlouk el Hawa, followed by four more in the following four years. Until that…
A.C. Reed & the Sparkplugs
A.C. Reed’s expressive tenor saxophone supported the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. His gruff and tough blues vocals were…
Artist Profile: Abbi
Abbi is one of Kenya’s finest Afro-fusionist. With roots in Kenyan people’s traditional instruments and tunes, he fuses contemporary instruments from the world today, such…
Carole Demesmin
She’s now occasionally an old lady singer and a powerful Vodou priestess, or a manbo. She now mostly sits and only sometimes comments instead of…
Artist Profiles: Aashish Khan Debsharma
Sarod maestro Aashish Khan Debsharma was born on December 5, 1939, in Maihar, India. He gave his first public performance at the age of 13,…
Artist Profiles: A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman, popularly known to music lovers as A. R. Rahman, is India’s greatest contemporary film composer. Known for incorporating western production styles to…
Artist Profiles: A Moving Sound
In the music of A Moving Sound (Shen Don) traditional Taiwanese, Chinese and neighboring Asian music forms are fused in new original song compositions. Instruments…
Artist Profiles: A Filetta
Award-winning ensemble A Filetta was formed in 1978 in the northwestern city of Balagne in Corsica by adolescents united by their passion for Corsican polyphony.…